Wife of Bath's Deafness Related Term Paper

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Both the cock and the Wife of Bath are in a life-and-death struggle: the Wife because she cannot live in a marriage unless she is the dominant spouse, and the cock because he will die unless he outwits and dominates the fox. Society at the time would view the wife and the cock of having some similar characteristics. Neither can get what they want by strength or status, so they must use their intelligence. By the end of the Wife of Bath's tale, her husband has become loving and compliant, and she has no more need to fight with him. They have achieved a more balanced relationship (although the wife is now dominant, they both get what they want).At the end of the Nun's Priest's Tale, the fox expresses similar sentiments to the young husband, that he has behaved badly. However, the fox's repentance is undoubtedly a false one, where the husband apparently was….....

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